Two 15-year-old boys from Cleveland, Ohio, stole a minivan parked outside a suburban house. The owner called the police who located the vehicle and set off in pursuit. The chase continued on Route 84...
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Cape Chamber of Commerce President Janine Myburgh, commenting on Metrorail troubles, told the Cape Times, "We are spiralling downward. It will impact negatively on all sectors of the economy. People...
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Speculation continues over the 20 May head-on collision near Peelton, some 50km from East London on South Africa’s Eastern Cape main-line. According to official Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)...
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Following a heated domestic argument in mid-May, Pretoria resident Elsie Maluleke took her children aged 3, 7 and 9, tied them to the rails on a line nearby and waited with them until a train ran them...
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The future of a 155km railway in Chile hangs in the balance after torrential rain in the Andean foothills carried away 40km of track during March. The line runs from a copper smelter at Potrerillos,...
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Two people aboard a passenger train were killed on 16 May when it hit a truck and trailer apparently stuck fast on a crossing near Ibbenbueren, about 23km west of Osnabruck in Germany. About 20...
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Eighteen people were reported hurt on 12 May, five seriously, when bombs exploded at 04:00 aboard a Sealdah-Krishnanagar local train as it entered Barrackpore station, about 25km north of Kolkata....
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Once again, a really serious passenger train derailment in the United States appears to have the experts flummoxed. Windows on three trains, including the one that derailed, were hit by missiles of...
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Very early on 10 May, a Canadian National freight train ran into a semi-articulated truck on a crossing at Unity in Canada’s Saskatchewan. The driver of the truck was taken to hospital with...
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On Wednesday the 20th May 2015, at around 11H30am, a Transnet goods train collided with a Shosholoza Meyl passenger train near Peelton outside King Williams Town. The goods train was en route to East...
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